The Scottish Island, The Shipwreck and The Whisky
In 1941, the SS Politician ran aground off Eriskay in the Scottish Hebrides Islands, carrying 260,000 bottles of whisky. As war rationing gripped Britain, Hebridean islanders saw the wreck as a godsen...
8 Aug 202428min
The Falaise Pocket: WWII's 'Corridor of Death'
The D-Day landings were just the first step in the liberation of France. They were followed by two months of vicious fighting for control of the Norman countryside that came at the cost of thousands o...
6 Aug 202437min
Hellfire Club: Scandal & Satanism in Georgian England
Sex, Satanism and Scandal surrounded the Hellfire Club that operated out of a network of caves in the country estate of 18th century aristocrat Francis Dashwood. The most powerful men in the country c...
5 Aug 202447min
The Battle of Hastings
On 14 October 1066, the armies of William, the Duke of Normandy, and the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson clashed near Hastings in one of the most famous battles in history and one that would decide ...
4 Aug 202453min
The Warsaw Uprising
80 years ago, the Polish resistance rose up against their German occupiers and tried to seize back control of their capital city. For two months a terrible battle raged that saw much of the city level...
31 Jul 202436min
The Boy Who Hid in the Woods: How I Survived the Holocaust
Warning: this episode contains descriptions of violence.Maxwell Smart was just a boy when the Nazis came for him and his family. Within a few weeks, he would find himself alone, living in the woods o...
30 Jul 202459min
A History of Cheating at the Olympics
Dan is joined by the QI Elves James Harkin and Anna Ptaszynski to talk about cheating in sports as the 2024 Olympics get underway. Why do we do it and how far back does it go? From the man who jumped ...
29 Jul 202438min
Harris vs Trump: How We Got Here
With the news that Kamala Harris is the assumed Democratic nominee for the November election, the presidential race looks very different than it did just over a week ago. Dan is joined by Ben Rhodes, ...
28 Jul 202426min
